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G20: Australian police get set for protests – Features – Al Jazeera English
G20: Australian police get set for protests – Features – Al Jazeera English. Adelaide, Australia – The eyes of the world will be on Brisbane this weekend as the city hosts the 2014 G20 summit. Leaders from the world’s richest countries will soon touch down in Australia’s third-largest city to discuss everything from Ebola and Islamic […]
Over 200 arrests as Warsaw nationalist march ends in clashes, flares, water cannon — RT News
Over 200 arrests as Warsaw nationalist march ends in clashes, flares, water cannon — RT News. At least 276 people were arrested and just under 50 injured after clashes broke out in Warsaw. Polish nationalists took to the streets to mark the nation’s National Independence Day, throwing flares and stones at officers, who responded with […]
Angry Mexicans besiege airport over students – Americas – Al Jazeera English
Angry Mexicans besiege airport over students – Americas – Al Jazeera English. Protesters angry at the apparent massacre of 43 Mexican students have clashed with police and besieged Acapulco’s airport for hours over a scandal shaking President Enrique Pena Nieto’s administration. Thousands of people marched to the Pacific resort town’s international airport on Monday, with […]
Violent protests over Mexico student massacre – Americas – Al Jazeera English
Violent protests over Mexico student massacre – Americas – Al Jazeera English. Furious protesters tried to break into Mexico City’s National Palace during nationwide demonstrations over the apparent massacre of 43 students that has angered the nation. Protesters on Saturday slammed metal barricades against the door and briefly set it on fire but could not get […]
Brussels Police Fire Tear Gas After Austerity “Protesters Overturned Cars, Lit Fires”
Brussels Police Fire Tear Gas After Austerity “Protesters Overturned Cars, Lit Fires Tear GasBelgium’s new center-right government imposed the austerity measures to cover budget shortfalls, prompting harsh reactions from the population. The BBC said: Belgium’s new government plans to raise the pension age, freeze wages and make public service cuts to meet EU targets. Some 100,000 […]
Anti-government protesters killed in Egypt – Middle East – Al Jazeera English
Anti-government protesters killed in Egypt – Middle East – Al Jazeera English. At least two people have been killed in the latest anti-governement protests in Egypt. Violence erupted in the province of Fayoum, south of the capital Cairo, after supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi staged rallies following Friday prayers. A teenage boy was killed, […]
Weathering the Storms, Planting the Seeds | World Shift Vision
Weathering the Storms, Planting the Seeds | World Shift Vision. The recent mass marches for climate justice in New York City and around the world were truly historic. It’s no small feat to inspire 400,0000+ Americans to take to the streets for anything these days, much less global climate change. Spearheaded by 350.org and an […]
Meanwhile, The French Are Revolting… | Zero Hedge
Meanwhile, The French Are Revolting… | Zero Hedge. Amid record unemployment, even recorder youth unemployment, and politicians willingly breaking EU treaties (with apparently no consequences), it appears – just as in the US – police brutality in France was the straw that broke ‘Le Camel’s back. As RT reports, another anti-police brutality protest turned violent in the […]
Inner Transition: Commit to Staying Awake | Transition US
Inner Transition: Commit to Staying Awake | Transition US. Will cities and states along the Mid-Atlantic coastline wake up in time? One drowsy regional eye opened during the September 2014 People’s Climate March; a brief but powerful awakened moment. The visual of400,000 people in New York City streets screamed public recognition of the intensifying dysfunction that precipitates climate […]
Hungarian Premier Orban Scraps Internet Tax Amid Protests – Bloomberg
Hungarian Premier Orban Scraps Internet Tax Amid Protests – Bloomberg. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban scrapped plans to introduce the world’s first Internet tax, bowing to pressure after tens of thousands of people protested at rallies across the eastern European Union member. “Whatever the government’s intention was, this tax simply can’t be introduced,” Orban said in a […]
After Gezi: Erdoğan and political struggle in Turkey | ROAR Magazine
After Gezi: Erdoğan and political struggle in Turkey | ROAR Magazine. The latest Global Uprisings film chronicles a year of resistance and repression that has left Turkey profoundly divided in the wake of the Gezi uprising. Political struggles over the future of Turkey have left the country profoundly divided. Former Prime Minister, now President, Tayyip […]
Egypt jails 23 activists over protests – Middle East – Al Jazeera English
Egypt jails 23 activists over protests – Middle East – Al Jazeera English. The three-year jail sentence handed down is the maximum allowed under the law [AP] An Egyptian court has sentenced 23 pro-democracy activists to three years in jail for holding an illegal protest, despite international calls to free them. The defendants were sentenced on Sunday […]
Special Report: Why Ukraine’s revolution remains unfinished | Reuters
Special Report: Why Ukraine’s revolution remains unfinished | Reuters. (Reuters) – In the afternoon of February 20, after the morning’s dead had been cleared away, Volodymyr Melnychuk arrived outside Kiev’s October palace. Higher up the hill stood the seats of Ukrainian government, defended by thousands of police. Below lay Independence Square, or Maidan, covered in […]
Roar II | The carbon pilgrim
Roar II | The carbon pilgrim. In a nice bit of irony, the route of People’s Climate March cut through the gaudy heart of Times Square, placing protestors under the smoky gaze of two-story tall fashion models. The contrast was delicious – and intimidating. We had marched into one of the cultural epicenters of indifference […]
